Side bearing for articulated cars



Sept. 14 1925 F KQQH SIDE BEARING FOR ARTICULATED 0185 Filed Jan. 16,3,925 2 Sheets-sheet 1- Sept. 14 1926.

F. KOCH SIDE BEARING FOR ARTICULATED CARS Filed Jan. 16, 1925 '2Sheets-Sheet 2 dhvenlor Patented Sept. 14, i926.

- UN -res[sures FELIX noon, on larr'rsnunsn, rnnnsrrvanm, Assrdnon r0rnnssnns'rnnr can COMPANY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; In ooB-roRA'rIoNCFIVEWJERSEY "srnn BEARING roe i Application filed January Thisinvention" relates to railway transportation cars and particularly torailway cars of the articulated unit type, in which each unit comprisesa plurality of car bed 5 ies .the adjacent ends of two of, which arecarried bya singletruck, and has foranob- I ,ject the provision of sidesupports orbear- "ings between the truck and the adjacent ends ,fOf twoof thebodies of a car unit.

3 c, Another object of theinventionis to provide side bearings for-anarticulated car lunit. each of which bearings comprises ayieldablymounted member adaptedto ;e'n-

gage the adjacent ends of two of thebodie's of said unit, and one of thecar trucks.

Aefurther object of the invention to provide a sidedbearingfor anarticulated car -unit, such bearinghavingspaced shoe members mounted onthe truck, each ofwhich members is a'daptedto engage one 'endiof one ofthe' bodiesof such car unit. e

-These and otherobjects will be apparent from the following description,

Referring to the drawingsd'n whichj like ends of two car bodies of thecar unit. Fig;

2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on Referring now in detail tothe drawings the reference character 1 indicates an articulated car unitwhich comprises a pluralitv of car bodies 2, the adjacent end portions 3of two of which have been shown in the drawings. These ends 3 areprovided with. body Above the truck side bearings each of the adjacentends 30f adjacent underfram'es is provided with body side bearings whichexl. reference charactersl'mefer to like parts; Fig. 1 is a plan view ofportions'of the adjacent center plates 4, both of which engage a truck atruck side bearing 8 is provided, which is.

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of the adjacent body. These side bearings 9 and 10 are preferably ofsuch a length that they overlap eachother and are so formed and spacedtransversely of the body that they do not contact with each other issuebodies swivel.

Each ofthe truck side bearings 8 coinprises a member 11 which is securedto the bolster 6 and extends upwardly; therefrom. In the upperportion ofthis member spaced recesses or pockets 12 are provided, which openupwardly. I Within each of these pockets a sprlng 13is seated,andfon'the upper end portion of the spring a shoe mem-' ber 14lsmounted, a portion of-such shoe extending into the recess. Thisshoefis adapted to slidably enqa'ge. one'fof the body side bearings andis movable vertically relative to the member 8 Asthe shoes 14 are freelymovable or adjustable in a vertical direction, ,an das the springs 13tend to force the shoes upwardly at all timesith'ere will be a properbearing maintained between the truck and car bodies at "all timesandunder allservice conditions. I I

I am aware that 7 made in thedetails of my invention without departingfrom the spirit and scope'of the appended claims. I Having thusdescribed the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: v

,1. In a railway car comprising a plurality of bodies, a truck forsupportingthe adjacent ends of said bodies, a truckbolster and 'anadjustable side bearing for said bodies,

between said bodies and said bolster.

' 2. In a railway car comprising a plural a truck supporting theadjacent ends of said bodies, and an adjustable side bearing for manychanges may be i said bodies on said truck, said side bearing beingcommon to both of said bodies.

3. In a railway car comprising a plurality of bodies, a truck forsupporting the adjacent ends of said bodies, said. bodies and truckbeing adapted to swivel relative to ity of bodies, movable relative toeach other,-

each other, a truck bolster and an automatically adjustable side bearingfor said bodies between said bodies and bolster.

4. In a railway car comprising a plurality of bodies adapted to swivelrelative to each other, a truck supporting the adjacent ends of saidbodies and adapted to swivel relative to said bodies, and a side bearingfor said bodies mounted on said truck and automatically adjustable in avertical direction, said side bearing being common to both of said ends.

5. In a railwaycar comprising a plurality of bodies, a truck supportingthe adjacent ends of two of said bodies, a side bearing on said truckhaving loosely mounted shoe members adapted to be engaged by saidbodies.

6. In a railway car comprising a plurality of bodies, a truck supportingthe adjacent ends of two of said bodies, and a side bearing on saidtruck having a plurality of yieldably mounted shoes each of said shoesbeing adapted to be engaged by one of said bodies.

7. In a railway car comprising a plurality of car bodies,a trucksupporting the adjacent ends of two of said bodies, a side bearing onsaid truclgside bearings on said bodies, and means for adjusting saidtruck and body side bearings relative to each other.

8. In a railway car comprising a plurality of bodies, a truck supportingthe adjacent ends of two of said bodies, a body side bearingon each ofsaid bodies, and a truck side bearing on said truck being adapted tocooperate with the body side bearings, said truck side bearingcomprising a base memher having spaced pockets formed therein, a springin each of said pockets, and a shoe member mounted on each spring,adapted to be engaged by one of said body side bearings.

9. In a railway car comprising a plurality of bodies, side bearingssecured to and extending outwardly from the adjacent ends of two of saidbodies, a truck, and a side bearing on said truck adapted to yieldablyengage with the first mentioned side bearings. r

10. In a railway car comprising a plurality of bodies, a trucksupporting the adjacent ends of two of said bodies, side bearingssecured to said ends and extending outwardly therefrom, and a yieldableside bearing on said truck adapted to be engaged by said bodyisidebearings.

11. In a railway car comprising a plurality of bodies, a truck vforsupporting the adj acent ends of said bodies, and aside bear- :t'or saidbodies between said bodies and said truck, said side bearing comprisingmembers movable independently of each other and having bearing faces,each of which faces is adapted to be engaged by one of said bodies.

12. In a railway car comprising a plurality of bodies, a truck forsupporting the ad-,

jacent ends 01 said bodies, a side bearing between said bodies ,andtruck, said side bearing comprising a plurality of yieldable shoemembers adapted to be engaged by said bodies.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature.

FELIX KO CH.

